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US Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) commander general Mike Minihan has approved worldwide deployment capability for the KC-46A Pegasus.

An interim update Boeing designed to improve the KC-46 Pegasus’ remote-vision system has been stalled due to an ongoing software problem in the initial two aircraft to receive the installation.

Despite the fact that it won’t be declared operational for at least another two years, the Boeing KC-46A has flown thousands of operational missions and offloaded tens of millions of pounds of fuel under a plan that has freed up the troubled tanker to refuel 97% of receiver aircraft.

Despite the fact that it won’t be declared operational for at least another two years, the Boeing KC-46A has flown thousands of operational missions and offloaded tens of millions of pounds of fuel under a plan that has freed up the troubled tanker to refuel 97% of receiver aircraft.

Despite the fact that it won’t be declared operational for at least another two years, the Boeing KC-46A has flown thousands of operational missions and offloaded tens of millions of pounds of fuel under a plan that has freed up the troubled tanker to refuel 97% of receiver aircraft.

The US Air Force’s KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling aircraft has conducted first refuelling of an international aircraft, Spanish Air Force’s EF-18 Hornets or C-15.

The latest Interim Capability Release for the troubled tanker opens up a large number of potential receivers.

The latest Interim Capability Release for the troubled tanker opens up a large number of potential receivers.

The KC-46 tanker’s most infamous problem isn’t the one that impacts pilots the most March 12 Capt. Wesley Cobb, 4th Airlift Squadron pilot, conducts an aerial refueling from a KC-46 from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Feb. 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Mikayla Heineck/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is on its way to ameliorating a technical glitch that has left KC-46 tanker pilots waiting to take off, sometimes for hours, as a key system starts up. The problem revolve...

Despite growing pains, KC-46 tanker will begin ‘limited operations’ February 24 A KC-46A Pegasus arrives at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on Jan. 31, 2019. This is the fourth KC-46 McConnell received since the initial arrival on Jan. 25, 2019. (Airman 1st Class Alexi Myrick/U.S. Air Force) JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — The U.S. Air Force is preparing to offer some new KC-46 tankers for operational use as early as this year, although continued technical issues will keep the aircraft from...